Choosing the right
wedding cake and
cake designer can be
a very challenging
task, especially
with so many
designs and types
to choose amongst.
To make the choice
even harder is
the pressure that
comes with the cake
being one of the
most memorable
attractions of any
wedding celebration.
But fear not,
beautiful brides.
Finding a fantastic
cake designer will
take away much of
the work.
So much to think about! Firstly,
the cake must match the
overall theme and colors of
the wedding, so those details
should be discussed with the cake
designer. Since you’re dealing
with a professional who can offer
choices presented in very simple and
convenient ways, you’ll only need to
give general guidelines.
Thankfully, choosing the right
wedding cake will help guarantee
that your wedding will be
memorable. A beautiful cake will look
great in photos and impress your
guests throughout the celebration.
Aside from the delightful appeal of
the creation during the cake-cutting
part of the program, guests will also
be thrilled about its wonderful taste.
Fortunately, Urbanette was able to
obtain a one on one interview, with
Brooklyn-based and Paris-educated
wedding cake baker and designer
Lindsey Gamble, for some insider info
on wedding cake protocol!
The granddaughter of a professional
recipe tester (and notorious
sweet-tooth) and the daughter of
an artist, cake is just in Lindsey’s
DNA. She moved to Paris and
enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu where
she graduated in both the culinary
and pastry programs, earning their
most advanced degree, Le Grand
Diplome. She found that her previous
experience with drawing, painting
and sculpting blended naturally into
sculpting cakes and painting sugar
flowers.
Lindsey Gamble of Elegantly Iced
tells us how a wedding cake can
help transform a simple wedding
into a very elegant and memorable
occasion.
Urbanette Magazine:
How do you
translate a couple’s vision for their
wedding to your cake creations? How
do you brainstorm with your clients?
Lindsey Gamble:
I work in a lot of
different ways with my clients to pull it into a cake that’s tailored to their
event. I always ask that if they have
any pictures- of the dress, the venue,
flowers, other cakes, etc.– they bring
these into the consultation for me to
view.
While a couple is in my shop, I also
have them go through my portfolios
and flag things that spark their interest.
We then sit down and discuss all the
pictures they may have brought to the
meeting, anything they have flagged, as
well as their thoughts on the wedding
as a whole.
This lets me learn a lot about them
and be better equipped to design
something that is truly a reflection of
the couple and their vision for their
wedding.
Urbanette:
What’s the most
challenging order you’ve had and how
did you manage it?
Lindsey:
There are always a lot of
challenges that come up with orders,
so several come to mind. One of the
most challenging with was a bride
that wanted a cake that was at least
6 feet tall, and then covered in roses!
The delivery was going outside of the
city, so I had to take the cake in pieces
along with over 600 pink roses to the
site and set everything up there.
Getting everything finished and there
in one piece, and then making sure
we were set up and cleaned up in the
time-window the site gave me was
definitely a lot of pressure. In the long
run though, it all went off without a
hitch!
Urbanette:
How are you as a boss?
How do you make sure that the people
in your team are in the same page as
yours?
Lindsey: I try to give people as much
information and advance notice of
what’s coming up as possible. This lets
everyone be on the same page and
gives a clearer idea of the big picture
for all the orders coming up.
I also have an inspiration board up at
all times with the sketches of a cake,
as well as other images (Sometimes
the floral arrangements that will be
at the wedding, the bride’s dress, or
fabric swatches for color matching) so
that it’s easy to start to form a visual
for the finished product.
